Pros: Having bought the P5WDg2 Pro a month ago, replacing it with this, and being more satisfied now, I guess we've got a winner--at least for this year. X38 Northbridge is faster and more stable with the 1333 FSB Intel CPUs, and high-performance memory, than the 975X and the P5WDG2 Pro. This is DDR2 and that may seem to be a deficit, but when you compare the DIMMs you can buy for DDR2 against the "amazing" price of DDR3, the wisdom of this board becomes apparent. It still has a PCI-X socket which is necessary, of course, for my 3WARE 9550SXU-8LP, and I have the option of using a full x16 PCIe socket for a PCI Express storage adapter should that become necessary. The location of the 24 pin ATX power socket is excellent--to the upper right--and makes for a clean and neat case interior. Overall archecture, technology, and versatility is excellent.

Cons: In my opinion, the X1 PCIe socket should be eliminated or replaced with a X4-capable slot.

Overall Review: I could not find a better value in any other board and, hey, I am the "first" to say so!

Pros: Intellectually, I know this is an excellent CPU in its class.

Cons: D O A. And I discovered it 32 days after ownership. That's when I installed a "blackscreen" 3.0 CPU. I confirmed its condition in a separate motherboard. Oh, well, says Uncle Jim, "That's the way it goes."

Overall Review: If at first ones does not succeed, try....

Pros: This is my fourth ACER LCD monitor. The other three are 22" with fixed stand AL2216W. ACER is a no-nonsense, high-quality monitor the aesthetics are neat and unobtrusive. No "bling". The matt black frame and stand are as refined and there is no unnecessary bulk. Do you love to dust? Buy a monitor with glossy black frame and stand. Want software issues? Want to pay more for no reason at all? Don't buy an ACER.

Cons: The blue power indicator LED at the lower righ corner is not a problem in daylight but, at night, when you're watching a movie, the blue light is litterally glaring. So much so that I may paint over it.

Overall Review: The stand, adjustments, swivel ant tilt are excellent and sturdy. Overall, this monitor is a good value versus others.

Pros: Fast, quiet, relatively cool, and a tinkerers' delight.

Cons: For what it is, in its class, none.

Overall Review: I've used Raptors exclusively for boot drives for about 6 years. I like to play, so I paired this drive with a 3Ware host adapter (with breakout cables for 4 drives). Other than the possibility of a longer time before failure, I can not justify SAS even for the most demanding workstations. For enterprise server applications, OK. These drives are truly excellent but--and again, I like to play--not worth the total (real) cost of implementation for most of us.

Pros: This phone will do most anything any other sophisticated business phone will do and more. It has most any feature you can think of.

Cons: Fundamentally flawed by virtue of poor, sometimes bad, sound quality both on speaker and handset. By my standards, this phone is unusable.

Overall Review: I returned it. It's a shame because it really could have been a nice setup.

Pros: I'm about to buy 2 of these cards. I noticed, though, that the print side of this card is of another card altogether. It has a 6-pin 12vdc socket and a right angle bar along the front edge for rigidity.

Cons: None, just the error in the photos.

Overall Review: Low power, heat, and noise. It's all good.